By monitoring key aspects of your cycling and fitness progress, you get a better look at your current performance level and what you need to do to keep up the good work or continue improving. Select Garmin devices collect data while you ride in order to bring you these cycling metrics and physiological measurements. It’s worth noting that some of these metrics need additional sensors such as power and heart rate. If your device is showing you stats, but you want to know more about what they mean, then you’ve come to the right place. What can you do with this calculated information? That’s up to you, but we’ve got some suggestions.
Physiological Measurements
By analysing the data measured by compatible Garmin devices, we can provide you with detailed metrics that show how your body responds to training and even to the environment.
MTB Dynamics
Select Garmin bike computers feature mountain bike metrics that help you evaluate your riding performance and earn some bragging rights. Whether you’re a master of flow, an expert on the gnarliest trails or somewhere in between, these key metrics capture different aspects of your ride, give you valuable data and let you see how your form improves.
Cycling Dynamics
Whether you’re racing, exploring or just riding for fun, Garmin can help you collect data on how hard you worked or help you improve your physical fitness. With select devices, including our dual-sensing pedal-based power meters, you get access to cycling dynamics data. Cycling dynamics refers to an advanced set of metrics designed to give you an in-depth view of how you ride and how your performance changes based on variables such as position, bike setup, ride duration and much more. With cycling dynamics, cyclists, coaches, bike fitters and even physiotherapists can analyse each rider’s personal data and make precise recommendations based on it.
Cycling Awareness
Garmin has tools that help you see better and be more visible while you ride. Give yourself some peace of mind with these cycling awareness accessories and features.
Navigation
Whether you ride on the road or off-road, Garmin guides you. A variety of route-building tools are available on your Edge device and in the Garmin Connect™ app, so you can get bike-specific routes, discover new points of interest, search for addresses and much more. New features are being added all the time, including Trendline™ popularity routing and the new Garmin Connect course creator. Here’s how to create reliable routes.
A Call to the Community
The dedication of the cycling community has contributed greatly to the development of innovative Garmin features such as Trendline’s popularity routing. We keep improving it, and you can help too. The more accurately you categorise your rides or runs in Garmin Connect, the more useful the popularity routing feature becomes for different activities. Be diligent and carefully distinguish your mountain bike rides from your road rides – the whole Garmin Connect community benefits.
